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The Terror Of Terrorism: The Limits Of Epistemology, Ibpp Editor Apr 2002

The Terror Of Terrorism: The Limits Of Epistemology, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The purpose of this article is to identify elements of the psychological terror wrought through terrorism.

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Rumor, Social Contagion, And Truth: Not So Strange Political Bedfellows, Ibpp Editor Jun 2001

Rumor, Social Contagion, And Truth: Not So Strange Political Bedfellows, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes the shared epistemological foundations of the political communication of rumor and truth.

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Wanted: New Methodologies For Peace, Ibpp Editor Jul 2000

Wanted: New Methodologies For Peace, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes problems with common methodological approaches to developing knowledge that will prevent war and attain peace.

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Two Schools Of Thought About The Political Psychology Of The Internet, Ibpp Editor Feb 2000

Two Schools Of Thought About The Political Psychology Of The Internet, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes and critiques two common assumptions about the psychopolitical consequences of continual modification and dispersal of the Internet.

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Rationalism In Normative Budget Theory, Dan Williams Mar 1997

Rationalism In Normative Budget Theory, Dan Williams

Publications and Research

This paper concerns epistemological rationalism and the norms used by governments to instruct their officers to perform their duties. The particular duty I discuss here is preparation of and action on the budget. In this paper I use "rationalism" as the opposite of "empiricism." This rationalism does not refer to "'economic rationality," it refers to the method of attaining knowledge associated with introspection, logic, and a priori knowledge. It is opposed to the method of attaining knowledge associated with observation, experiment, and evidence. By "norms, “normative," and other related terms, I mean action guiding language. Four senses of normative are …

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An Ethological Approach To Information Warfare, Ibpp Editor Nov 1996

An Ethological Approach To Information Warfare, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The editor discusses the concept of information warfare from a historical perspective..

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Scientific Method, Anti-Foundationalism, And Public Decision-Making, Kristin Shrader-Frechette Jan 1990

Scientific Method, Anti-Foundationalism, And Public Decision-Making, Kristin Shrader-Frechette

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

An examination of the legitimacy of attacks on lay assessments of environmental or other technological Risk. The case is made that rational policy requires an epistemology in which what we believe about Risk is bootstrapped onto how we should act concerning Risk.

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"Is Human Understanding Finite?", Peter Brian Medawar Oct 1978

"Is Human Understanding Finite?", Peter Brian Medawar

Special Collections: Oregon Public Speakers

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The Education Of The Whole Man, Ralph Borsodi Jan 1963

The Education Of The Whole Man, Ralph Borsodi

School of Living Documents

The Education of the Whole Man is essentially two books in one volume. The first is a general treatise. This book opens with a challenge to Borsodi’s Indian friends. They must choose a national destiny: Gandhi or Western industrialization. The second section addresses the problem of education in 30 chapters. There are many forms of education: Physical education, emotional education, perceptual education, introspection education, axiological education, volitional education, etc. But these are not different things. They are part of a whole. There are stages of development, from infancy through age twelve, sixteen, eighteen, higher education, adult education. Chapter by chapter …

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The Education Of The Whole Man, Ralph Borsodi Jan 1963

The Education Of The Whole Man, Ralph Borsodi

School of Living Books

The Education of the Whole Man is essentially two books in one volume. The first is a general treatise. This book opens with a challenge to Borsodi’s Indian friends. They must choose a national destiny: Gandhi or Western industrialization. The second section addresses the problem of education in 30 chapters. There are many forms of education: Physical education, emotional education, perceptual education, introspection education, axiological education, volitional education, etc. But these are not different things. They are part of a whole. There are stages of development, from infancy through age twelve, sixteen, eighteen, higher education, adult education. Chapter by chapter …

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